Closing Flower Form (P115)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Mary Rogers
Title
Closing Flower Form
Made in
Leicestershire
Date
1971
Description
Ball of porcelain with a pinched rim, moulded towards a central point to form a narrow opening.
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, with semi-matt glaze and green and brown marks on rim. Hand-modelled by pinching the form out of one ball of clay. Biscuit fired at 960 deg. C; glazed and fired at 1300 deg. C.
Dimensions
height: 11cm
Object number
P115
Category
Maker's statement
I was exploring the fluid qualities and plasticity of hand modelled porcelain making, and noticing forms in nature which could be translated into terms of clay and glaze. Exploring ways in which a permanent record (fired clay) could be made of transient natural forms.